Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures

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Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures
Per Capita Annual Health Expenditures, by Sex US
Source World Bank, Living Standards Measurement
Surveys for Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru ORC
Macro, Demographic and Health Survey for
Dominican Republic.
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Notes on Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures

• The figure above, from Gender, Health, and
  Development in the Americas 2003, produced by the
  Pan American Health Organization and Population
  Reference Bureau, shows that Latin American women
  bear a disproportionately high share of
  out-of-pocket health expenses relative to men.
  Higher expenses may reduce womens access to
  health care and may limit their spending on items
  such as contraceptives.